(bright funky music) - Right then, Ebbers. We've got a series of kitchen gadgets that are either gonna make
you scream in delight, or just give you a fright. Are you ready? - I'm so ready. - Right, lift the cloche. Ooh!
- Careful. - It's a light one. - Ahhh... - I would've thought a chef
would know what these are. - I have never seen these. - Okay.
- Ooh. - But I think I've seen something similar and I never really
understood why they worked. Stickers you put on fresh fruit
to extend their shelf life. - Well, Ebbers, here
comes the science part. Ebbers, these are the
Nanology Fruit and Veg Savers. They double or triple the storage life of fruit and veg or salads just by placing one of the Nanology Fruit and
Veggie Savers in your fridge, storage boxes or fruit bowls. So, the science bit is that
fruits, vegetables and salads emit ethylene gas as they ripen. And this harmless gas speeds
up the decaying process. That's what causes all
of the fruits to go off. So the Fruit and Veg Savers
absorb the ethylene gas and that means that the
fruit and veg will go off far slower than if they weren't there. - [Barry] These can be put in
a fruit bowl, in the fridge, in a cupboard, wherever
you wanna keep your fruit. - They're organic, they're toxin free. So they're completely safe
to keep with your food and they're gonna help it last longer. - How do we try it? - Bring in the bowls of food. - Ah. I see what you've done. - So this time last week, we asked Kush to wrap some cling film or cellophane around two bowls of fruit. One of them has a Fruit
and Veg Saver disc in it and the other one doesn't. Shall we do some taste testing? - I'm gonna be honest, J, I think we need to leave another week, 'cause they both look identical. (time travel wipe whooshes)
- Another week has passed. - Yeah, there are some differences now. - Excellent.
- Before we even unwrap, in our non-Fruit Saver, the banana is sweatier
and has a furry tip. But in the Fruit Saver
one, it is a darker colour but has got contact with the clingfilm, that might have affected it. The orange and the grape looks sweatier. Over here we have more furry whites. If I had to pick which
one still looked fresher, it would be the one
without the Saver in it. - No. But you said it's furry. - I think it's all gonna
come down to texture and when you taste it. (chuckles) Oh, that is a- - [Jamie] Is it ripe? - That is a ripe fruit bowl. There's a lot of tropical
flavour coming out of that. - Interesting. The stuff from
the top I'm not worried about. It's the stuff that's been- - Underneath.
- Yeah. - Slightly squished a little bit. - A bit of peer pressure.
- Yeah. - This has been at room
temperature in this studio for now 14 days, and these blueberries
look absolutely fine. - So is the saving tip use clingfilm? - Ah. Ah.
- Ooh. - Underneath, we have
an avocado-grape fusion. They have fused together
with a furry coat. Are you ready for my sweaty banana? (Jamie chuckling)
- Why did he wink at you at the same time?
- I don't know. - Almost dripping with
rottiness and incredibly soft. - Any good for banana bread? - Bananas-
- He's gonna squeeze it out. - Shouldn't do that.
- Oh. - That is a very, very soft banana. But to your point, absolutely
fine for banana bread. Whereas when we get into
our Fruit Saver one, smells fresher, doesn't look fresher, but they smell like there is less... - Ethylene gas. - Yes, exactly that. Little white moulds. Definitely more colour on the bananas. Slightly less sweaty. Feel just as soft. Have more coloration,
slightly different texture. Blueberries, just as good. You know when you get a
punnet of soft berries and you're eating away and
one catches you off guard? - Yeah. - Look fine. Taste like
they're on the edge. The one with the Veg Saver
is slightly worse in flavour. And some of them just starting
to catch that white fluff. This is not what I was hoping for. - No. - The science made so much sense. - Avocado is an interesting one. In the non-Fruit Saver, little bit of white above the top. Still very, very firm.
(avocado knocking) - You what? - After two weeks in the non-Saver. This one, equally, a
very small amount here but completely soft.
- What... And therefore, I'm confused. Because the one with
the Fruit and Veg Saver has not done as good a job. I slightly regret doing that.
- Look silly now don't you? - Yeah, I just slightly regret doing that. I did it for effect and I got the effect. Now I regret this. This, it's absorbed the smell, but it hasn't stopped the rotting. - One of the really surprising things is, this science exists elsewhere. If you buy like a high-end fridge, it will have something to
take away the ethylene gas. - To make your food last longer. - To make your food last
longer. So the science exists, the science works.
- Yes. - Really confused why that didn't. - And I don't think we could
have done that much fairer. Same bowl, same fruit, both wrapped up. Same conditions. All I learned is to reduce
your fresh fruit waste at home, clingfilm your fruit bowl. - Well, do you wanna have a guess at how much the Saver discs are? - I'm gonna say they're probably reusable. Four quid each. Was it two in a bag? Eight quid? (register rings)
- It's 3.99 for three discs. - Oh, well if you want your
fruit to rot a bit quicker, that's a bargain. - Well...
- Okay. - Wow. Okay.
- Good. Do you have a rating and review for us? Rather looking forward to this one. - Based on this experiment alone, and that's all we've got to go on. We do these experiments so
you can savour your time. Don't bother. - Oh wow, what a good start.
- Stars? - One out of five. (bright music) - [Barry] Okay Ebbers, on to the next. Lift the cloche. - Nice pastel colours, whatever they are. - Did you bring these in from home? - I mean, I know... (Jamie laughs)
- I don't... They're no use to me anymore. - They look to me-
- Yeah. (Jamie laughs)
- Like mini, mini hair straighteners. I've got no idea why anyone would want to
use these in the kitchen. I've seen people try to cook
breakfast in a hotel room by using like a trouser press. - Your guesses are finished
at either bacon cookers or trouser press. - Okay. No, no.
(Barry laughs) What would you need to heat? - Can I give you a hint? Don't think about the food. Think about what the food comes in. - Ah, okay. So it is good for resealing packagings. - Yes, Ben! This is the Mini Bag Sealer. The sealer can seal a variety
of plastic bags, snack bags, foil bags, chip bags...
(record scratch) - Pardon?
- And et cetera. - What did you, what was that?
- Chip bags. - I did not hear chip.
- Chip bags! - No, I... That's not what you said. - I did.
- No. - Definitely said chip bags.
- Because you do need to seal those other ones,
'cause it can smell. - Now that makes sense
to me, I'm on board. - Want some snacks? - Yeah. - Want to save some snacks for later? - Or that.
- Oh yeah. (laughs) - (chuckles) Yeah. - Genuine problem in my life. Sometimes, there are flavours of crisps that are sold in bigger bags and you live alone and you
just fancy a few crisps. - You just do the folding trick, surely? - Yeah, yeah. I don't understand how it's gonna work. - Also, it's tinfoil. - Tinfoil bag and tinfoil does not melt. Now try just a, the thinner layer. So work your way across the top. - Yeah, see I think that's
gonna be the right method. I mean the irony is, you could have eaten
the rest of the packet in the time that it's taken to do this. - This has taken a minute so far, Jamie. - Yeah. And? - So our hair straighteners,
or equivalent, took a minute or so to heat up. But then they do indeed crimp and seal a premium bag of chips
(crisps rattling) perfectly. So if you've got big sharing
bags that you want to seal up, that works nicely. - Let's have a bar of chocolate next. - Oh, now, I know what
you're thinking here. You don't want to seal it
too close to the chocolate, otherwise you're just
gonna melt the chocolate. That's how I open all my chocolate bars. (Barry sniggers) - So that's ideal because then
you can remove what you need and you're left with another foil package. - Is that alright or is that melting? - I mean it's definitely sealing, but only by melting onto the... - Right.
- Now what you've done is you've had your individually
wrapped chocolate bar- (Jamie sniggers) And what you've done is seal in your other four individually
wrapped chocolate bars. - Yes.
- I'll take that. Take that back to the shop.
- That is for... Yes, take it back.
- There's one missing. - My only concern with
resealing chocolate bars is that plastic melts really quickly and it doesn't give off
particularly very pleasant fumes. - Interestingly, so many bags you now buy already have a re-close
function, including this one. You take your portion of chocolate and it has a reseal function on it. - Do your upside down shaky, shaky test. (packet rattling) - It works.
- Every couple of weeks, I open a new pack of coffee beans. Don't use 'em all up. By the time I go back to that packet, they've lost a little bit of life. - Because there is nothing better than that first opening of coffee beans and that first waft, and you never quite get the same again. So, now they're open. I'm gonna put a bunch of
them into my coffee machine. Knock out excess air. In come the gadge. Three, two, one. Three, two, one. Ebbers shake test. (packet rattling) - That is bold. - [Jamie] You can't say
that they don't work. - That is an example of where
I feel like, in my life, more useful.
- Okay. - No matter how hard you try,
you couldn't eat all of these. Three, two, one, three, two, one, (M&Ms rattle) - Now when we got these
online, they came as a pair. I'm not sure why. But how much you think we paid
for this pair of Bag Sealers? - 18 Pounds. Nine quid each.
- Hmm. We came in at 20.99 pounds.
(register rings) - Not, not too bad. - With that in mind, are
you gonna leave a review? - Tacky and laughable at first sight, but you'll want to give
them a go to seal the deal. Three and a half stars. - [Jamie] Oh!
- Oh. That's better than I thought.
- Yeah. - How many times have you rustled round in the drawer of the freezer and pulled out the bag of frozen peas? And if you haven't got
the clip on properly, you've pea'd all over the
place and it's just a pain. This-
(Jamie chuckling) (sealers snapping)
Would solve that. - Let's do number three. (Barry laughs) (upbeat music) Do you want to lift the
cloche on number three. - Oh no. Peaky peaky under the cloche,
which wasn't quite fitting, I thought, "Not another toaster," but no. I was saved by the fact that this is the Bacon Express. - Ebbers, "Welcome to a healthier way to cook bacon to delicious,
crispy perfection, with the SMART Bacon Express." Trademark. "It can cook up to six strips
of regular or thick cut bacon in just minutes. No need to flip, simply adjust the illuminated dial timer to your desired cooking preference and allow the unique
vertical cooking method to drain away fat and grease
for fast, healthy cooking." How do you cook your bacon? - Without the need for another appliance in my very small kitchen, I use the same thing I
use for everything else. A baking tray or a pan. Yes, I'm annoyed. Like...
- Yes... - But who makes this stuff? - Enough of the negativity. Plug it in, pre-heat it and
we'll get you some bacon. - (slams hatch shut) We've plugged it in. We've burnt off the manufacturing grease. The factor of every new oven and toaster. They always say that. In the spirit of fair testing, we also have three different
thicknesses of bacon. Which one are we going for? - So it says that it works
best with store bought, thick cut bacon. You can do up to six
slices at the same time. Don't overlap them. - Move it to thick cut crispy,
(button bleeps) push the button and wait for
it to scream at me 10 times. We have done many, many, many kitchen gadget episodes previously. So many of the gadgets are designed to do one thing really well. It probably works, we'll see. But why? - You've already got a toaster. - You've already got... No.
(Jamie chuckles) You'd have to eat bacon
incredibly regularly to justify having this
out on your work surface. Ironically, I'm starting
to smell good bacon smells, as in I'm gonna have a peek. I don't know if that's
gonna reset the time. - Can't help yourself, can't you? - I think we're waiting on the timer. We've gotta trust. - I know we put in thick cut bacon and I know we put it to...
(Bacon Express beeping) - Where's the trust? - His anxiety was going off the hook there.
- Where's the faith? - [Ben] Are we ready for leather? - [Jamie] This is gonna be an idea. - Who wants bacon like that?! The beauty about cooking bacon in a pan is you take the bacon out, the
pan is still searingly hot. It goes straight to the sink, quick swill round while it's hot, put it on the draining board. The pan is still hot so it
dries in seconds as well. And then you have your bacon
sandwich and you're done. This, you have to wait for it
to cool down to pull it apart. Then you have to individually clean three different fiddly elements. What a waste of everyone's life. - Right, okay. Before,
Ebbers, you get carried away, let's try the other end of the spectrum. - Let's do some streaky. - This is terrible. - Oh dear. - It's so overcooked-
- Oh dear. - But not crispy. It's just leathery. Okay. It's preheated.
(timer beeps) - These are longer. - Oh, see, they'll go
all the way over. Yeah. (bacon sizzling) (hatch slams)
- Do that. (button beeps)
Do that. - So what setting have you put it on? - Thin bacon. Crispy. - Lovely.
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- It's beeping. - [Jamie] Seven minutes. - The best part is the top where the fat hasn't
been able to drip away. (they laugh)
- Right. - Yeah. Do you know what? Not bad. Like with all bacon, it'll crisp up as it cools as well. But I wouldn't say it's crispy. I would say it's cooked. I'd say that is an absolute state. Shall we have a look at our drip tray? - [Barry] Yeah. How much
healthier is this bacon now? - [Jamie] You should wait
for that to cool down. - There are instructions to that bit. - No one's got time to wait
for stuff to cool down. Like genuinely. Bacon is a typical morning thing, right? You're trying to tell me
that everyone's got time to sit and wait for things
to cool down in the morning? This appliance frustrates me because of its complete impracticality. - Ebbers, now you've cooked your bacon, would you like it served
on a beautiful dish? - Yes. It might cheer me up. - [Jamie] So this is our Cheat's
Tamago and Bacon Donburi. It's from our Taste of Japan Recipe pack, which you can get on our Sidekick app. So in the official recipe, we would say to bake the bacon in an oven for about 10 minutes whilst you carry on
cooking everything else. How do you think the Bacon Express has performed in comparison? - Same time, by the time you've
preheated it, laid it in. Except you're now left with four different parts of
the appliance to wash up. And I'm not convinced the
results are any better. In fact, I'd say possibly worse. What's good is the dish and
the plate of food is delicious because it's been tried and tested. I'm not sure this has. (Jamie whistles)
- It's brutal, shall we, shall we do the cost?
- Yeah. How much do you think we paid
for the SMART Bacon Express? - I can imagine $40 or 35 quid. (register rings)
- Ebbers, we paid 55 pounds. - Well, you got what you
wanted from that money, this reaction. That's all you wanted, wasn't it? - Hm. Yeah. - Yeah.
- Yeah. Do you want to leave an online review? - I bought one of these, I used it once. Would I recommend it? Not until pigs fly. 0.7 out of five. (Jamie sniggers) - [Barry] Good with
maths, there, weren't I? (they laugh)
- Ish. - I hope you've got a good
one lined up for the last one. (upbeat music) - Ready for this, Ebbers? - It can't be any worse
than the Bacon Express. - That's the spirit! Lift the cloche. - Oh, it's got a good, erm,
- What is he doing? - Grip and button for plunging, grinding, milling. - This Is a... - A spice grinder or a coffee grinder. - Or all of the above. - You imagine things you want
finer than they already come. - You couldn't get any closer. The FinaMill and FinaPods, "The easiest way to grind whole spices of all shapes and sizes. Fall in love with fresh
ground spices again." - You know that on this channel we have been in love with the
likes of the Mini Chopper. And it is great for pastes and
pestos and chopping things, but it's not great for spices. It's not really designed for spices. - The FinaPods, you can fill
with a selection of spices, of all different shapes and sizes. And you can also use them for
storing the spices as well. You just clip in the seasonings
that you want for your dish. And then, the button on top, and then use the little light to help you guide the
spice onto your dish. - Okay, so that's a push-in, push... Okay. (motor whirring) I don't get the light, but I'm intrigued to see
how the spices grind. Can I grind please? - Of course, Ebbers.
(J splutters with laughter) Kush has prepared a selection
of delicious dishes for you. Some he made up on the spot. (chuckles) - [Ben] What I love is, Kush's application of using leftovers. - Now I'd like you to create a selection of complimentary blends. - Okay. - Ebbers, also, you've got two more here. - Ooh, what are these? - You've got a thick and a thin one. So that's for like if
you've got massive spices, there's one there with a
paddle in there to turn it. And for the finer ones, it
helps it push them down. - Okay. - All right. I'm gonna
start with our dumplings. (upbeat music) So I've gone for salt and pepper, but szechuan pepper,
sesame, chilli, and clove. For our main course, we'll
go for the more herby stuff. And then let's go max. (bright music) (motor whirring) Whenever we do these
things, I'm going in blind. I don't really know what it's doing and therefore I'm throwing
a mixture of stuff in as a bit of a guessing game. Was that the best stuff to put in? The sesame seeds have come out whole, but the chilli, the szechuan peppercorns, they've been nicely ground. What happens when you put this
in and turn it upside down and move it around, is the spices sort themselves
in order of either weight, density or size.
- Yeah. - So all that was really grinding was mostly sesame and salt. A little bit of fleck of spice. Now we know what's gonna happen, I'm even more worried about this 'cause the bay leaf is
definitely gonna rise to the top and the bay leaves are
doing absolutely nothing. - He said it! - Yay!
- He said it. - That's on...
- Clip that. - That, yeah.
- Clip that. "The bay leaves are doing
absolutely nothing." - Which is a shame-
- We all heard it. - Which is a shame 'cause they're usually one of the most-
- Too late, too late. - Game changing ingredients out there. - Too late.
- We got it, we got it. - What's the dish? It looks amazing. - Some nice noodles, nicely charred veg and with a salty, herby blend. Maybe we are trying to
run before we can walk. 'Cause what we've done is looked at this and thought that would be a fun way of personalising your own spice blends. But on closer inspection,
every photo and instruction suggests just one at a time. So let's just try cocoa nibs on banana. (bright music)
(motor whirring) (Barry snorts with laughter)
- Ebbers, did you, did you put it on properly? - Oh, evidently not. Thought I did. (Ben sighs) - Oh, Ebbers, that's a big sigh. - Whole spices typically used in spiced, maybe curries for example. There's gonna be four or five different whole spices that you need. To have to empty your little
pot each and every time because you're not
gonna store 'em in there 'cause they're not airtight. So in terms of volatile freshness, you're still gonna have
to store them in that. You're still gonna have
to put them into that. You're gonna have to tip it out each time. I don't think people can be bothered. - Okay, well shall we
move on to price then? - Oh dear. - How much do you reckon that is? - If you're paying more
than 30 quid for it, I'm not convinced. - So for the FinaMill and two FinaPods, it comes to 49.99.
(register rings) Two for the price of one, some would say. - That's a really good point. - How much are these individually? - [Barry] 13 pounds. - For me, these individually are incredibly expensive versions of this, but not as good. 'Cause these don't stack
and they're not airtight. 'Cause I get that this is quick release, but no one is affording dozens of these. Here's my thing, I'm not sure it does half
of what it claims to do. Look at how much mess there is. I think it just oversells a promise that it absolutely doesn't deliver on. - So Ebbers, what's your online review? How many stars. - After a brief play, this does a fraction of things it promises but it does them well. Two and a half out of five. And depending whether you read that review forwards or backwards
will change its sentiment. - Right. Well, over to
you in the comments. Comment down below, let us know. Would you buy any of the gadgets? Would you have more of
a smile on your face than Ebbers has had today? - Wouldn't be hard.
I never thought I'd see the day of Ebbers outdoing James in terms of sass, but I'm all here for it. Also, it was really nice of them not to look for the slightest silver lining in order to somehow still justify buying one of the gadgets.
ngl, this brutal honesty felt really good, especially coming from Ben.
His annoyance at the bacon one reminded me of the really awful tongs they had.
Love frustrated Ben!
Slightly disappointed the first gadget didn't seem to work.
This was hilarious. Ebbers definitely didn’t hold back for this one. And the gadgets were absolute great finds.
Love the hair straightener bag sealer. Seems actually useful.
"Well, you got what you wanted." Points to self. "This reaction."
He knows his mates.
“Are you ready for my sweaty banana?” It’s barely innuendo at this point.
Yeah a microwave or a bacon toaster.... fair reaction by Ben.
Why was the first one higher ranked than the bacon thing, the sticker didn't even work at all.
Re: Ebbers washing a hot pan
According to pan makers, washing a hot pan can result in damage.
For pans with coatings, such as non-stick or the seasoning on a cast iron, the temperature shock can cause that coating to crack.
Similarly, pans made of multiple materials, such as stainless steel pans with a copper layer for heat distribution or a magnetic base for induction, the thermal shock can cause the pans to warp.